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The hidden story about vaccines, autism, drugs and food… Americas health has been BOUGHT. Your health, your family’s health. Now brought to you by Wall Street… “If you thought they hurt us with the banks, wait till you see what they’re doing to health care.” Vaccines. GMOs. Big Pharma. Three big, BIG, okay… HUGE topics in one film. Why? Why not 3 films, why put all this in one movie? Great question, 2 answers. 1st and most importantly: We need to band together. We need a mainstream film, not another radical movie that only interests the “already converted”. Over 5 million people supported Prop 37 in CA. Reportedly, over 2 million worldwide marched against Monsanto in a global protest. There...ane vaccine expansion, and our love affair with pharmaceuticals- it’s the same villain. It’s a risky story to tell, but would be a tragedy to passively consent to with silence. There is something horribly wrong with health care today. Huge money, billions and billions of dollars flowing into the same pockets. Meanwhile, MD’s aren’t being allowed to actually practice the art of medicine and anyone who questions vaccination safety, pharmaceuticals, factory farms, etc. is ridiculed and belittled. Meanwhile, the billions keep flowing, carried on a river of pain and anguish. Huge corporations funded by individual misery, one broken life at a time. Three huge stories, each worthy of multiple films, but each brought together by one staggering fact: it’s the same villain. These three story lines converge on Wall Street, in a tale of corruption, greed and shocking lack of conscience.

* ►May 18, 2008 -
Ramadoss
admits some syringes in TN had rusted - Times of India - "Speaking
to TOI, Ramadoss said, 'AD syringes are vital to run a safe
immunisation programme in India. Before it’s initiation three years ago
in the RI programme, 64% of injections used in India were unsafe mainly
due to reused needles. We have not received a single complaint with AD
syringes earlier. In fact, we are on our way to introduce its sole use
in all government hospitals.'"

►May 18, 2008 -
Left
turn on pharma PSU closure - Business Standard - "After the CPI(M),
the crucial partner of the ruling UPA government, raised its voice
against any attempt to shut down three public sector vaccine
manufacturing units, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has
quickly moved to announce that it will upgrade the units and ‘do
everything to protect their interest'."

* ►May 18, 2008 -
India
to part with flu data only if it gets cheap vaccines - Times of
India - "Supari recounted her country’s bad experience with the small
pox virus, which made them cautious. 'In 1926, small pox virus was
found in Indonesia. In 1962, we developed a vaccine and in 1974, we
managed to wipe out the virus. In 1984, WHO asked all nations to
destroy the last known samples of the virus. We destroyed even our
labs.'"

►May 17, 2008 -
Dungeon
kids take first steps in magical outside world - ANI via
Thaindian.com - "Stefan, 18, his five-year-old brother and Elisabeth,
42, have now discarded the protective goggles doctors insisted they
wear as their eyes adjusted to sunlight. The boys have been given
immunization jabs normally received by newborn babies but which their
mum was unable to provide during years of incarceration at their
subterranean home in Amstetten."

* ►May 17, 2008 -
Little
Leo’s jab: So how infallible is his mother's memory? - Mail on
Sunday - "Then there's the MMR issue. The book opens with an unusual
disclaimer that 'My memory is not infallible', presumably in case any
of it is challenged. So I think we are entitled to ask if her memory is
'infallible' about her statement insisting that her son Leo was given
the MMR jab – an assurance that could not be dragged from her by any
means when it mattered. I'll accept this claim only when it's
independently confirmed. Remember that her husband's government was
engaged in a scheme to bully worried parents into giving their children
this injection."

* ►May 17, 2008 -
Man
jailed in 5-month-old's death released - Courier-Post - "Calling it
an "appropriate disposition considering all the circumstances,"
Drummond said medical experts for both the prosecution and defense
concluded five-month-old Jasmine Fink did not die of shaken baby
syndrome as originally determined at the autopsy."

* ►May 17, 2008 -
Report
Assesses Blame in Hepatitis Cases (requires registration) - The New
York Times - "Health care workers at a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic
linked to more than 80 cases of hepatitis C routinely mishandled
injection equipment and medication vials and often failed to perform
basic hand hygiene, according to a report from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention released Friday."

* ►May 17, 2008 - Immune
Cells Kill Foes By Disrupting Mitochondria Two Ways - When killer T
cells of the immune system encounter virus-infected or cancer cells,
they unload a lethal mix of toxic proteins that trigger the target
cells to self-destruct. A new study shows T cells can initiate cellular
suicide, also known as programmed cell death or apoptosis, by a
previously unrecognized pathway that starts with the destruction of a
key enzyme in mitochondria, the power plant of the cell. - Harvard
Medical School via ScienceDaily

►May 17, 2008 - A.H.
Robins retirees recall work as 'family' - inRich.com - "Some are
among the hundreds who retired after the company's acquisition by
American Home Products. That came in the wake of A.H. Robins' Chapter
11 bankruptcy reorganization, itself a result of lawsuits filed by
thousands of women alleging they were injured by the Dalkon Shield, a
birth-control device that A.H. Robins distributed from 1971 to 1974."

* ►May 16, 2008 - Biovail
Pays $25M To Settle Federal Probe - Pharmalot - "The drugmaker was
accused of paying docs as much as $1,000 and their office managers $150
each to get patients to use its Cardizem heart drug as part of a study
that was to have been published. To extricate itself, Biovail agreed to
pay $24.6 million to settle a Justice Department investigation into the
2003 launch of a long-acting version."

* ►May 16, 2008 - Zyprexa
Document Leaker Fights Injunction - Pharmalot - "Now, Gottstein has
filed a notice
reactivating
his appeal of Weinstein’s injunction, which charged him with
violating a court order and prevented him from disseminating the
Zyprexa documents. Gottstein sent us this explanation: “In order to
facilitate settlement discussions we agreed to put the appeal on hold
and have repeatedly extended the deadlines. However, because the
negotiations have dragged on so long, it is hard for me to believe
Lilly intends to ever reach an agreement with me. “On the other hand,
in other ways, it seems like we are very close, but with maybe a couple
of sticking points remaining. I continue to be cautiously optimistic we
will reach a settlement. So, if Lilly wants to reach a settlement we
can always drop the appeal, but if not, we are moving forward with it.”

* ►May 16, 2008 - Nigeria
Ordered To Stop Harassing Pfizer - Pharmalot - "The High Court of
Lagos granted an order restraining the Kano and Lagos States police
from harassing the drugmaker’s Nigeria operation, and current and
former employees - awarded Pfizer about $4,200 in damages, according a
press release from the drugmaker."

* ►May 16, 2008 - Free
flu vaccines for kids has “sketchy” evidence - The West Australian
- "A top infectious diseases expert has accused the US of “putting the
cart before the horse” by offering free flu jabs to all children, and
says Australia won't be rushing to follow suit. Professor David Isaacs,
a member of the federal government's vaccine advisory panel, will tell
world leaders in childhood diseases today that the expert group was
still considering universal influenza vaccinations for young
Australians, but said the data supporting such a move was still
“sketchy”."

►May 16, 2008 - World
AIDS Vaccine Day 2008 - Debunking the Myth 25 Years Later: An AIDS
Vaccine is Possible and Still Urgently Needed - International AIDS
Vaccine Initiative via PRNewswire-USNewswire via The Earth Times

* ►May 16, 2008 - Cough
& Cold Maker Barred From Manufacturing - Pharmalot -
"Scientific Laboratories and its two top execs - ceo Amit Roy and
president Rajeshwari Patel - have signed a
consent
decree and are barred from manufacturing and distributing
prescription meds until they bring their operations into compliance and
obtain FDA approval for their products."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
GM
tobacco expressing cervical cancer vaccine - Cervical cancer is one
of the most common cancers in developing countries and the second most
prevalent cancer in women. Almost all cervical cancers result from
human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Although vaccines against the
virus, based on virus-like particles rather on attenuated HPV, have
recently been made available, their high cost prohibits their
widespread use especially in developing countries. - Checkbiotech.org

►May 16, 2008 -
Training
to deal with a flu crisis - The Daily Observer - "Elsewhere on the
emergency planning front, the county learned it has been successful in
obtaining funding for both the 'Flu the Coop' event and a second
emergency responders exercise dealing with a chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear incident."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Consolidated
to help DoH with cervical cancer drug - The Department of Health
(DoH) has appointed Consolidated Communications to manage a PR campaign
to raise awareness of a cervical cancer vaccine. - PR Week UK - "The
Central Office of Information (COI) managed the three-way pitch, which
also included Forster and Band & Brown. PR is part of an integrated
campaign which includes activity across TV, radio, press, and digital."

* ►May 15, 2008 - CDC
biolab not ready after 2 1/2 years - The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution - "The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's new maximum-security laboratories in Atlanta were supposed
to open in the fall of 2005. But the suite of Biosafety Level 4 labs —
designed to contain the world's most dangerous germs — still haven't
been certified as ready to operate. The $214 million building they're
in was completed 2 1/2 years ago. CDC officials say nothing is amiss.
But the delays have raised concerns about potential construction or
design flaws in labs destined to handle smallpox and Ebola viruses."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Drug
ad effects on people need more study: FDA - Reuters - "Drug
companies spent nearly $29.9 billion in 2005 on advertising, free
samples, and sales staff to promote brand name products, according to a
study funded by the National Institutes of Health published last year.
More than $4 billion of that was spent on consumer ads compared to $429
million for ads directed at doctors."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Dr.
Jay Gordon Speaks Out at the Whole Children, Whole Planet Expo -
Market Wire via COMTEX via MarketWatch - "Dr. Jay Gordon, nationally
recognized pediatrician and an outspoken advocate for the reexamination
of the safety and efficacy of childhood vaccinations, will appear as a
guest speaker at the Whole Children, Whole Planet Expo (WCWP) at
Highland Hall Waldorf School in Northridge. Dr. Gordon will speak
Sunday, May 18 on the vaccination panel at 11:50 AM, and be available
for signings of his informative DVD, "Vaccinations?: Assessing the
Risks and Benefits," at the Childcare Media/Choices, Inc. booth from
1:00-2:00 PM. Thereafter, he will be available for media interviews
from 2:00-4:00 PM."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Restaurateur
charts autism bus to D.C. - Post-Tribune - "Gerodemos and his wife,
Violet, believe their son's illness is the result of immunizations. "He
was a fine, normal kid when he was 18 months old, and the day after he
got his immunizations, he changed," Gerodemos said. "He's never been
the same." Gerodemos has chartered a bus to Washington, D.C., and is
inviting Northwest Indiana parents of autistic children to ride with
him to participate in the June 4 "Green Our Vaccines" Jenny McCarthy
and Jim Carrey DC Rally for Autism. The ride is free for the first 55
parents to fill the bus, Gerodemos said. His Paragon Restaurant is
footing the bus bill."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Your
Drug Did You Wrong? Call 1-800-Side-Effect - Pharmalot - "A
recent
Consumers Union poll found that 81 percent of Americans reported
seeing or hearing an ad within 30 days of being questioned. The same
poll found that one in six Americans who have ever taken a prescription
drug experienced a side effect serious enough to send them to a doc or
hospital, but only 35 percent were aware side effects can be reported
to the FDA."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Novel
Microparticle Offers Immunological Breakthrough Against a Range of
Infectious Diseases and Potentially Some Cancers - Virionyx via
Business Wire - "When Virionyx, a New Zealand biotechnology company,
tested a new anthrax vaccine, company scientists were elated when it
worked, but then dumbfounded when one of the negative control agents
compared to the vaccine also provided an unexpected level of protection
against the bacterial toxin. That finding has led rapidly to a
breakthrough that could help protect against a wide range of infectious
diseases and possibly fight certain cancers."

►May 14, 2008 -
More
than weeds to watch for in gardens - NorthernLife.ca - "A recent
Leger Marketing survey found that while most Canadians are aware of the
tetanus shot, three in 10 said they have not received a tetanus shot in
more than 10 years."

►May 14, 2008 -
Your
garden can be deadly - Edmonton Sun - "Grimsrud said there have
been four reported cases of tetanus in Alberta since 2000, including
one last year. She said she was unsure how all the patients contracted
the disease, but all recovered."

* ►May 13, 2008 - Maximizing
the effectiveness of a pediatric vaccine formulary while prohibiting
extraimmunization - journal article (Health Care Management Science) -
"To reduce this number, vaccine manufacturers have developed
combination vaccines that immunize against several diseases in a single
injection. At the same time, a growing number of parents are
challenging the safety and effectiveness of vaccinating children. They
are also particularly concerned about the use of combination vaccines,
since they believe that injecting a child with multiple antigens
simultaneously may overwhelm a child’s immune system. Moreover,
combination vaccines make it more likely that extraimmunization (i.e.,
administering more than the required amount of vaccine antigens)
occurs, resulting in greater concerns by parents and vaccine wastage
costs borne by an already strained healthcare system. This paper
formulates an integer programming model that solves for the maximum
number of vaccines that can be administered without any
extraimmunization."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
Sick
Monkeys: Research Links Vaccine Load, Autism Signs by Dan Olmsted -
Age of Autism - "The first research project to examine effects of the
total vaccine load received by children in the 1990s has found
autism-like signs and symptoms in infant monkeys vaccinated the same
way. The study's principal investigator, Laura Hewitson from the
University of Pittsburgh, reports developmental delays, behavior
problems and brain changes in macaque monkeys that mimic 'certain
neurological abnormalities of autism.' The findings are being reported
Friday and Saturday at a major international autism conference in
London."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
Special
report: Vaccines and autism (includes video) - AP via Turnto10.com
- "Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not be
rewarded by the courts when the scientific community has already
rejected any link, government lawyers argued Monday on the first day of
a hearing in federal court."

►May 16, 2008 -
"Autism:
What do we know? What do we need?" Lecture at Phoenix Children’s
Hospital - EVLiving.com - "The Southwest Autism Research & Resource
Center (SARRC) presents a Physician Outreach Program for the BHHS
Legacy Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series. Thomas R. Insel,
M.D., director of the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), will
address the current state of autism research, its advancements and
challenges, firsthand....Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 4:30 pm to 6:00
pm."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
Infant
dies after vaccination - The Hindu - "A 45-day-old infant is
reported to have died 12 hours after being given a
Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus (DPT) vaccination shot at Poosaripatti
near Manaparrai here on Wednesday. According to sources, the baby
developed fever after being administered the vaccine at the Primary
Health Centre at Aniyapur. His parents, Pazhanisamy and Vijaya,
reportedly gave the baby paracetamol tablets as prescribed by the
doctor. The temperature came down initially, but shot up later again
and the baby died at 9 p.m."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
Maker of HPV
Vaccine Under Fire - Regulators found problems at US plant where
Gardasil is made for BC. - The Tyee - "While British Columbia Health
Minister George Abbott was announcing the province will provide a
controversial new vaccine starting in September with assurances that it
is 'safe,' the American Food and Drug Administration was threatening to
close the factory where it is made."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
HPV
shots at school? Don't get readers started - letters - Surrey Now
via Canada.com - "I agree 100 per cent that HPV vaccine should not be
given in the schools. In fact, since the B.C. Health Act gives medical
health officers control over vaccine information provided to students
and parents (thus negating fully informed consent), I disagree with any
vaccine being given at school. Not only are there risks involved with
HPV vaccine, it's also questionable that it could prevent cervical
cancer. It's never been proven that HPV is the main cause, or even a
cause at all, of cervical cancer."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
Vaccine
safe, but norms flouted - Times of India - "Human Biologicals
Institute's measles vaccine is 'safe and effective' but its production
unit in Hyderabad has been found to be flouting good manufacturing
practice (GMP) norms put in place by the World Health
Organisation....The vaccines were found to have abnormally high
rejection rates. Over 3,000 vials of the vaccine, from a batch of
60,000, were rejected during inspection. While some weren't properly
sealed, others were found to have dents on it. The PSU's animal house
was not up to the mark. Their licencing and validation procedure was
also found to be faulty."

* ►May 16, 2008 -
UQ
backs down over Gardasil criticism - The University of Queensland
(UQ) has admitted it may have over-reacted when it asked one of its
senior lecturers to apologise to pharmaceutical company CSL over public
criticism of the marketing of cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil. -
www.abc.net.au

* ►May 16, 2008 -
It’s
time the University of Queensland came clean. Properly. - Crikey -
"After receiving a complaint from the pharmaceutical company CSL Ltd
about Dr Gunn’s comments on radio, the University’s Secretary and
Registrar, Douglas Porter, asked Gunn to provide a written apology to
CSL stating that the “comments were made by you in your personal
capacity and were not endorsed or authorised by the University”. Porter
also asked to be sent a copy of Gunn’s letter."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Is
the proliferation of vaccinations really in your child's best interest?
- guest column - News-Sentinel.com - "It is time to take a new look at
the need for specific vaccinations. Vaccination is designed to benefit
the public health. It is a one-size-fits-all approach. Thus, the rural
Midwestern baby receives the same treatment as the crowded inner-city
baby. Surely, the needs of these babies are not the same. Hepatitis B
vaccine is recommended for men who have sex with men, IV drug users and
babies prior to hospital discharge after birth. This is because the
government wishes to avoid future cases of Hepatitis B. Thus, all
babies, regardless of the likelihood of exposure, are given this
injection. Does that seem appropriate to you? This same theory is the
reason for the recent push to vaccinate all 11- to 12-year-old females
against HPV (human papilloma virus), which is spread by sexual contact.
Another example: Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease spread
through contaminated food and water. Children are not among the
high-risk group. Does your infant really need this shot?"

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Govt.
lab gives clean chit to Tamil Nadu measles vaccine - PTI via The
Hindu - "The measles vaccine administered to children in Tamil Nadu has
been given a clean chit by a government laboratory and human error at
the local level could possibly have resulted in the death of four
infants last month."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
HPV
myths spread; misleading information about vaccine has been circulating
- Chatham Daily News - "In a presentation, Johnston reviewed some of
the statistics and study results regarding Gardasil. He said the
vaccine has passed testing with flying colours. The major side effect,
he said, is a sore arm. Because his daughter wasn't in Grade 8 when he
decided to have her vaccinated, Johnston said he had to pay for the
shots, which cost about $500 for all three doses needed for
immunization."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Community-Based
Influenza-Vaccination Program Still Effective at 1 Year (requires
registration) - Medscape - "'We need to develop sustainable methods to
implement universal influenza-vaccination programs,' Dr. Piedra
concluded. 'School-based influenza-vaccination programs sponsored by
community coalitions may be a good way to vaccinate school-aged
children. We need outcomes data from a variety of different community
settings that can report on the impact of the universal influenza
vaccination of children.' Dr. Piedra has disclosed no relevant
financial relationships. Dr. Orenstein disclosed various financial
arrangements with Novartis, sanofi pasteur, and GSK."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Congressional
hearing held on psychiatric drugging of USA foster care kids - The
US Congress held a public hearing about the way youth in foster care
are often given large amounts of powerful psychiatric drugs, without
adequate oversight, accountability, information, alternatives and
advocacy. Vera Sharav of Alliance for Human Research Protection issued
this report. - MindFreedom.org

►May 15, 2008 -
Scientists
debate cause of feared 'worms-under-skin' disease - Victims
complain of inflammation, lesions, fatigue - WorldNetDaily -
"Scientists are debating whether a dehabilitating condition called
Morgellons disease could be caused by bacteria or fungus on plants in
California, Texas and Florida, though many agree that research is
leaving them with more questions than answers."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Goodbye,
girls - Researcher ponders why U.S. kids reach puberty at an
ever-younger age - If historical statistics are any guide, the average
girl in northern Europe in the 1830s entered puberty — defined by
menarche, or the onset of menstruation — at approximately 17 years of
age. Today, chances are that her American counterpart will have her
first period at about 12 and a half. - Pamplin Media Group via Portland
Tribune

►May 15, 2008 -
Gordon
wants toxin talks - Assemblyman Tim Gordon (I-108th) has invited
Lafarge Cement to meet with residents of four communities in the path
of emissions from the company's Ravena plant near the west bank of the
Hudson River. - The Independent

* ►May 1, 2008 -
Autism
better understood now - The Signal Item - "Other parents, such as
Rebecca Williams-Thomas, of Glenshaw, see a connection. She also said
the condition of her autistic son, Lee, 3, declined after his
vaccinations. He was 27 months old when diagnosed in January 2007.
'This was worded so perfectly by a doctor,' she said. '(He said) Lee
possibly had a genetic predisposition to autism, and the combination of
our harmful environment and the vaccinations just pushed him over the
edge.'"

►April 27, 2008 - Promising
cancer treatments being tested - KSL.com - "Instead of traditional
chemotherapy, how about an actual cancer vaccine that's injected just
under the skin and alerts the body's own immune system to turn and
attack the cancer."

►Webcast
Event - May 21-25 : Autism One 2008 Conference - Autism One
provides educational opportunities reelecting the relevant information
of today. This year's live webcast allows increased accessibility to
this information. Culinary Health, Law Day, and portions of the
Biomedical Track will be streamed live via the internet.
Post-conference, presentation recordings will be available for
purchase. - ZenWorks Productions►Free-Mealer - Life
on the Alphabet-Free Diet: GF/CF/EF/YF/CF/etc... - Blog

* ►May 15, 2008 -
CDC
Urges Shingles Vaccine for Most Patients 60 and Older (includes
audio) - MedPage Today - "Dr. Schaffner said clinicians may have been
reluctant to prescribe the vaccine until the CDC's full recommendations
were available. 'Clinicians now have a secure source of information
about the vaccine and recommendations for its use,' he said."

►May 15, 2008 -
Meningitis
vaccine 'for sale in three years' - A vaccine against the most
common strain of meningitis - which causes more than half of all cases
in Britain - could be on the market within three years. - The
Telegraph, UK

* ►May 15, 2008 -
HIV /
AIDS - Results from vaccine trial 'promising' - Bangkok Post -
"Half of them have been getting injections of two combination vaccines
_ the canary pox vaccine Alvac and a synthesised combination of the B
and E sub-types of the Aids virus AidsVax, with the rest getting
placebo injections over a one-year period."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Cancer
vaccine gets Netherlands approval - Frederick company Vaccinogen
wins approval for production in Europe; expects U.S. launch in three
years - Gazette.net - "Vaccinogen Inc. of Frederick hopes to launch
OncoVax in the United States in roughly three years, after the company
secured a pivotal license to produce the vaccine at its manufacturing
facility in Europe and distribute it there."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Aussie
vaccine fights cervical cancer - The West Australian - "Cervarix,
like the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, is developed using
technology pioneered by former Australian of the Year Professor Ian
Frazer. But unlike its rival, Cervarix has not yet been given the final
sign-off to join the National Immunisation Program where it will be
made available at no cost to girls and women between the ages of 12 and
26. The vaccine is also yet to get approval for use in the US."

* ►May 15, 2008 - Product
Placements Require New FDA Regs - Pharmalot - "After all,
there may well be more restrictions on DTC after the presidential
elections, and consumers are increasingly using TiVo and remote
controls to ignore commericals. In general, the UCLA researchers note
that the overall market for product placement rose 30.5 percent to $3.5
billion in 2004, according to their paper in The Journal of Public
Policy & Marketing. And in 2006, there were 462 mentions of
prescription meds on TV shows."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Five-year-old
boy dies of chickenpox just days after doctors sent him home -
Daily Mail, UK - "Little Fabio Nunes was rushed to East Surrey Hospital
in Redhill on February 14 by dad Ricardo, but claims that medical staff
told him that his son was alright after examining him even though he
was 'unable to walk or talk' and was 'barely conscious'. But just four
days later, with Fabio getting progressively worse, his dad took him
back to hospital only to be told that Fabio was suffering from a severe
reaction to chickenpox and only had six hours to live."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Quarantine
was right call - The Ottawa Citizen - "Managing risk is a tricky
business. Public safety must be balanced against civil liberties such
as freedom of movement and association, and a perfect balance can be
hard to achieve. In the post-9/11 era, governments perform risk
assessments all the time and, admittedly, sometimes they get it wrong."

* ►May 15, 2008 -
Cops,
firefighters advised to get shots for measles (requires
registration) - Arizona Daily Star - "This week, nearly 2,000 members
of the Tucson Police and Fire departments are being targeted for
measles shots, if they cannot show proof of immunity....That includes
some 600 uniformed firefighters also ordered to get the MMR shots — for
measles, mumps and rubella — if they're not currently immune, said
Capt. Norm Carlton, a Tucson Fire Department spokesman....'We are
investigating those reports now and stepping up efforts to get day-care
staff immunized as well,' she said."

* ►May 14, 2008 - Don't
be fever phobic (blog) - Ms. W brings in her 4-year-old, who has
had a fever of 102.8 for two days. "I'm worried sick. I can't get the
fever down. I've given ibuprofen and acetaminophen, luke warm baths.
but as soon as the fever goes down, it's soon back up again. I'm afraid
the fever will cause some kind of damage." - WebMD - "Then why treat a
fever? The body's thermostat is rarely satisfied; it usually wants the
temperature in the body to be a few degrees warmer than it is. That's
why we feel cold or chilled when really we are already too warm. Hence,
the main reason to treat a fever: to make your child feel more
comfortable. Period."

►May 14, 2008 - Grandparents
give vaccines to grandchildren - The Copenhagen Post - "Gift
certificates for vaccinations against cervical cancer or to have frozen
stem cells from the umbilical cord stored have become increasingly
popular as gift items from grandparents to grandchildren. 'I can
definitely confirm that grandparents have started giving their
grandchildren gift certificates for vaccines against cervical cancer,'
Christine Felding, a gynaecologist told BT newspaper."

* ►May 14, 2008 -
South
Elgin family joins fight against autism - The Courier News - "Like
many parents with autistic children, Beth questions the role vaccines
play in the disease. She is joining a national rally, Green Our
Vaccines by Talk About Curing Autism, featuring spokeswoman Jenny
McCarthy, whose son has autism, and comedian Jim Carrey on June 4 in
Washington, D.C."

* ►May 14, 2008 -
Dennis
Quaid backs drugmaker liability suits (includes video) - Reuters -
"'I believe if preemption of lawsuits is allowed to prevail, it will
basically make all of us, the public, uninformed and uncompensated lab
rats,' Quaid said at a House of Representatives committee hearing. He
urged Congress to pass legislation to protect patients' ability to sue
drugmakers if the Supreme Court further restricts the suits."

►May 14, 2008 - Africa: US
Senators Block Key HIV/Aids Legislation - AllAfrica.com - "The new
bill, which authorizes $50 million in spending over the next five
years, passed the House of Representatives on April 2 by a vote of
308-116. In order to become law, it must now pass the Senate and be
signed by President Bush."

►May 14, 2008 -
Triple-Drug Therapy Found Most Effective Against HIV - Researchers
have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination
therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for
suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have major
implications for doctors as they grapple with different drugs to treat
HIV infected individuals. VOA's Jessica Berman reports from
Washington. - Voice of America

* ►May 14, 2008 -
Raking
through sludge exposes a stink - Environmental Protection Agency
scientists accused of fabricating data about health effects of
fertilizer. - Nature News - "The False Claims Act lawsuit brought by
microbiologist David Lewis, who says he was forced out of the agency,
alleges that EPA officials and University of Georgia researchers
fraudulently orchestrated a grant and then fabricated data to ensure
that the EPA's 'biosolids' programme would come out smelling pretty. If
the charges stick, the scientists and EPA officials could be held
personally liable and may be forced to pay back the original grant as
well as some US$4.6 million in subsequent grants, plus penalties."

* ►May 13, 2008 - Allergy
fight involves slew of method, varying results - Gannett News
Service via Norwich Bulletin - "Joel Munch was told he was allergic to
too many things, so he couldn’t get allergy shots. Instead, the
Connestee Falls, N.C., resident would take over-the-counter medications
to treat his allergy symptoms, but he often was unable to sleep and
felt tired. But for the past three years, Munch has been putting a drop
of liquid underneath his tongue three times a day to treat his
allergies, and he says the difference is noticeable."

* ►May 13, 2008 - Are Anxiety
Disorders All in the Mind? - Researchers Find Link Between Altered
Dopamine Activity and Social Anxiety Disorder According to an Article
in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Society of Nuclear Medicine via
Biocompare

►May 7, 2008 -
Measure
aims to support autism - SouthJerseyLocalNews.com - "The Assembly
Health and Senior Services Committee released legislation Assembly
members Joan Voss, Vincent Prieto and Assembly Speaker Joseph J.
Roberts, Jr. sponsored to establish an Office of the Advocate for
Persons with Autism (OAPA).The measure is part of the second wave of
landmark autism support measures introduced in February that complement
the historic seven-bill autism awareness package Assembly Speaker
Roberts championed into law last session."

* ►March 25, 2008 - Cost-effectiveness
of hepatitis A immunization of children and adolescents in Germany
- journal article (The European
Journal of Health Economics) - "Assuming that the travel
immunization rate among young adults remains at least constant, any
newly implemented mass immunization among infants or adolescents in
Germany would not be cost-effective. Therefore it does not seem
sensible for the statutory health insurance to meet the costs of such
immunization strategies."

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"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."

-- Albert Einstein, letter to a friend, 1901

"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education."

-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to William C. Jarvis, September 28, 1820

“A sacred cow will not protect the herd.”

-- Sandy Gottstein

"What's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect you from the unvaccinated?"

-- Sandy Gottstein

"Who gets to decide what the greater good is and how many will be sacrificed to it?"